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I ARM SEE'DER, No. 244,833. Patented July 26,1881.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO PHILIP STRONG, JR, 0F SARANAO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JEROME BROWN, OF SAME PLACE.

ARM-SEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed June 4, 1881.

son using it, by means of which all kinds of grain or seed may be scattered or sown broadcast'over the ground evenly and with less exertion than heretofore; and the invention consists, principally, of a bag having a flexible tube or smaller portion connected to a sect'ional metal distributer,w'hich is provided with a valve, and adapted to be swung from side to side for throwing and scattering the grain, the supply of grain from the bag being regulated by means of the valve.

The invention also consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, represent ing it as it appears when in position for use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the distributer. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the distributer, taken on the line or w of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end view of the distributer. Fig. 5 is a detail showing one of the valves removed from the distributor; and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modified form of the distributer.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the bag, which is provided with a strap to rest upon the shoulder of the person; and B represents the distributer. The bottom of the bag is contracted into a small tube or sleeve-like portion, a, (or it may be provided with a flexible pipe,)-which is secured around the end of the distributer, as shown.

The distributer is preferably formed of tin or other sheet metal; and in two sections, 1) b, which sections are united by the bayonet-joint s or similar means. Within the section b is secured the annular ring 0, to which is pivoted by the bolt and nut c the eccentricallyperforated circular plates (1 d, which constitute the valve, and the plates (1 d are provided at their lower edges with the lugs c e, by means of which the amount of coincidence of the openings through the plates is regulated, thus Patent No. 244,833, dated. July 26, 1881.

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adapting the device for grains of different size and for regulating the flow thereof from the bag. The outer end of the section b is flattened, so as to form the long but narrow mouth I), as shown clearly in Fig. 4.

Instead of making the distributer straight, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the same may be bent at an angle, as shown in Fig. 6, in which case the section I) should be formed with the elbow f, for giving the section the desired slant.

The valve in the distributer might be omitted, the supply of grain being regulated by placed over the shoulder, and as the person walks over the ground the distribute-r is to be swung alternately from side to side with sufficient force to throw the grain a suitable distance out of the distributer. The flow ot' the grain being regulated by the valves, and the alternate swing of the distributor being regulated to the gait of the user, the grain will always be scattered evenly throughout the whole field, and with less trouble than heretofore.

Having thus described my invention, what I-claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. The flattened section b, in combination with the section I) attached to the bag and provided with the eccentrically-perforated and pivoted plates d d, as and for the purpose described.

2. The flattened section 1), formed with the elbow f, in combination with the valved section b and the supply-bag, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The arm-seeder made substantially as herein described, consisting of the sections 1) and b and the bag A, the section I) being attached to the sleeve on of the bag A, and provided with the valve-plates d d, and the section b being flattened to form the long but narrow mouth b, as and for the purposes specified.

PHILIP STRONG, JR. Witnesses:

JOSHUA F. ALLEY, GEORGE KINGSBURY. 

